Patterns of income inequality in Brazil : recent evolution; project paper D (Brazil)

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2015-10

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Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, IN

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This paper aims to identify both new and persistent patterns of inequality in order to show how spatial and social cleavages have been reorganized, as well as the orientation of the country’s class structure. Inequality estimates in wages are utilized, with the aim of measuring whether the patterns of inequality between wage earners are different from the inequality for the total workforce. Relationships between changes in income distribution profiles and in occupational and class structure reflect that in spite of some significant changes in race-class inequality, there still persists an important dimension for the continuation of original class inequality.

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INCOME DISTRIBUTION, EQUITY, SOCIAL CLASSES, LABOUR MARKETS, OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE, SURVEYS, ECONOMETRICS, URBANIZATION, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/55282

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
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